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Circle of numbers (Posted on 2005-05-27)

Over 2000 numbers are around a circle. Each number is the sum of its left and right neighbors.

Given that one of the numbers is a one, how many numbers (as a minimum) must there be?

See The Solution Submitted by McWorter

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Seems that to close the circle the number of terms has to be multiple of 6. So 2004.

Posted by armando on 2005-05-27 14:01:03

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